
Chung Seoyoung
TTPAMSSE, 2023
Glazed ceramic
Dimensions:
11 3/4 x 8 1/4 inches
29.7 x 21 cm
11 3/4 x 8 1/4 inches
29.7 x 21 cm
Chung Seoyoung's A4-sized ceramic drawings reveals the artist’s long-standing investigation of the relationship between language and perception. Some of them feature simple drawings made with gold glaze, while others have...
Chung Seoyoung's A4-sized ceramic drawings reveals the artist’s long-standing investigation of the relationship between language and perception. Some of them feature simple drawings made with gold glaze, while others have Korean characters that Chung inscribed using glaze pencils while using a ruler. Residual traces of pigment smudged by the ruler appear on the white, matte surface of the porcelain, evoking transience and ephemerality. Therefore, the consonants, vowels, words, and phrases appear like remnants of form and sound. Echoing Chung’s maxim – “When the object is cumbersome due to scale, I let drawing do the work” – the materiality of language is in a sense, an abstract sculpture.